Polish bill threatens to undermine parental rights

18 February 2010

A Polish bill, currently awaiting its seconding reading in parliament threatens to undermine parental rights. The bill has been described by Joanna Najfeld, prominent Polish personality and pro-lifer, as an unprecedented threat to parental rights. The bill seeks to make it unlawful for parents “to implement corporal punishment, cause psychological pain or to humiliate them in any other form”. According to the Polish Labor and Social Policy Ministry guidelines, psychological violence includes, “making the child ashamed, imposing one's own opinions on the child, criticizing the child continually, controlling the child, restricting the child's social contacts,” as well as “criticizing the child's sexual behaviour.” [LifeSiteNews.com, 15 February] http://is.gd/8uK4y

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